BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Problem, yorbrick writes:

In Problem, brikomania writes:

In Problem, zorbanj writes:

In Problem, brikomania writes:

Stellar is correct, we just relisted them, price moved slightly. I did not have
them duplicate, I try to not have any duplicate lots, I just checked and almost
the only ones I have are due to the variant merge, which we will have to manually
consolidate in our store to fix.

Have you asked Bricklink? Your listings may be removed again. They may want to
see proof of your inventory.

Sent them an email on parallel.

That could be anything! Maybe send them a picture of a clear sack full of them
on a see-saw with a small child balancing the weight for proof of quantity.

Oh, no, this is just the email that I sent them for proof arriving, individual
pictures of each piece!

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Mar 6, 2024 08:56

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Re: BrickLink Item(s) For Sale Deleted

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In Problem, zorbanj writes:

In Problem, brikomania writes:

Have you asked Bricklink? Your listings may be removed again. They may want to
see proof of your inventory.

Sent them an email on parallel.

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Mar 6, 2024 05:25

Subject:

Re: BrickLink Item(s) For Sale Deleted

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In Problem, infinibrix writes:

In Problem, brikomania writes:

Hello, twice now some lots from my store have been deleted. This is now messing
up with our inventory management and orders. Reason is absurd: Item is not for
sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing).

I understand that the price is above average at the moment, but so are the prices
of every item in our store.

Does Bricklink think we do not have these in stock?

Below is the communication.

Can anyone provide a reason that I might be missing, or a way to ensure that
this does not happen again?

Thank you,

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Reason: Item is not for sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing)

Lot Number: 394499743
Description: Light Bluish Gray Plate 1 x 2
Comments: (none)
Qty: 47,951
Bulk Amount: 1
Price Each: EUR 0.112
Sale: 0
Tiered Pricing: (none)
Condition: New
Stockroom Item: No
Retain after Sold Out: Yes
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Reason: Item is not for sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing)

Lot Number: 378736897
Description: Black Plate, Round 1 x 1
Comments: (none)
Qty: 50,512
Bulk Amount: 1
Price Each: EUR 0.055
Sale: 0
Tiered Pricing: (none)
Condition: New
Stockroom Item: No
Retain after Sold Out: Yes
--------------------------------
Reason: Item is not for sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing)

Lot Number: 389449954
Description: Trans-Clear Plate 1 x 1
Comments: (none)
Qty: 27,154
Bulk Amount: 1
Price Each: EUR 0.16
Sale: 0
Tiered Pricing: (none)
Condition: New
Stockroom Item: No
Retain after Sold Out: Yes
--------------------------------
Reason: Item is not for sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing)

Lot Number: 385285054
Description: White Plate 1 x 2
Comments: (none)
Qty: 47,875
Bulk Amount: 1
Price Each: EUR 0.095
Sale: 0
Tiered Pricing: (none)
Condition: New
Stockroom Item: No
Retain after Sold Out: Yes
--------------------------------
Reason: Item is not for sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing)

Lot Number: 394162560
Description: Light Bluish Gray Tile 1 x 2
Comments: (none)
Qty: 42,647
Bulk Amount: 1
Price Each: EUR 0.223
Sale: 0
Tiered Pricing: (none)
Condition: New
Stockroom Item: No
Retain after Sold Out: Yes
--------------------------------
Reason: Item is not for sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing)

Lot Number: 394501324
Description: Light Bluish Gray Plate 1 x 1
Comments: (none)
Qty: 44,709
Bulk Amount: 1
Price Each: EUR 0.098
Sale: 0
Tiered Pricing: (none)
Condition: New
Stockroom Item: No
Retain after Sold Out: Yes
--------------------------------
Reason: Item is not for sale but for other purposes (frivolous listing)

Lot Number: 379440089
Description: Light Bluish Gray Tile 1 x 1
Comments: (none)
Qty: 47,433
Bulk Amount: 1
Price Each: EUR 0.156
Sale: 0
Tiered Pricing: (none)
Condition: New
Stockroom Item: No
Retain after Sold Out: Yes

I notice you still have these item listed in your store with similar high quantities
but slightly different prices so I'm thinking it could be that Bricklink
doesn't like you duplicating such high quantity listings possibly for two
reasons:-

A) If you search for those items by highest quantity you would appear multiple
times at the very top thereby it could be deemed as listing manipulation and
at the detriment to other sellers who also have high quantities of these parts
but end up pushed further down the list

B) Just one of those listings has enough quantity in itself before anyone would
ever need to purchase from your other duplicate listings and therefore Bricklink
may be deeming this listing practice as unnecessary and clogging up the catalog
I have a feeling it may be different if you were listing duplicate times for
much smaller quantities with these varying prices as these will sell out within
a much more reasonable timeframe and have more purpose

I could be wrong but those are the reasons I take from it....

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Mar 6, 2024 03:45

Subject:

Re: BrickLink Item(s) For Sale Deleted

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In Problem, yorbrick writes:

I don't know why your items were removed. However terms are misleading. The
first line in big text says: No PayPal fees and no lot limits/minimum buy.

Yet you have a minimum buy price, a lot limit and a minimum average lot price.

Thank you for the note, the terms had not been updated in a long time.

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Mar 6, 2024 01:45

Subject:

BrickLink Item(s) For Sale Deleted

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Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Feb 28, 2024 04:41

Subject:

Re: Store suspended with only two active NSS

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In Help, Jens_Christian writes:

Hi
My store godt suspended last week with only two NSS. The only two I ever have
had. Is down to one now and this is only because off a buyer who wants two be
the big boss after he got a refund.
No response from admin.
Just normal ?
Anyone else who has tried the same?

How in the world do you have 2 NSS and 10 bad feedback votes at 300 fb?

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Nov 29, 2023 04:55

Subject:

Re: Help! I can't sell to EU after changing VATID

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In Help, BasKrie writes:

In Help, brikomania writes:

In Help, SylvainLS writes:

In Help, brikomania writes:

Hi, just to confirm that, indeed, from the message I get visiting your store,
EU buyers are blocked from buying in your store by BL’s “Distance Selling” mechanism.

We have already messaged helpdesk a few days ago, but no reply, so I am trying
to see if anyone here knows why this is happening, and a way to solve it.

AFAWK, they are still swamped down by all the re-verifications they have to do
due to the November 3-8 blackout.

Can't believe it's been that long! Well, this is quite an urgent matter,
not a small problem. Perhaps there is a different priority communication channel?
Would be surprised...

Looks like it was fixed.
No message anymore

Yup, finally received our first order, thanks!

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Nov 28, 2023 13:46

Subject:

Re: Help! I can't sell to EU after changing VATID

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In Help, SylvainLS writes:

In Help, brikomania writes:

Hi, just to confirm that, indeed, from the message I get visiting your store,
EU buyers are blocked from buying in your store by BL’s “Distance Selling” mechanism.

We have already messaged helpdesk a few days ago, but no reply, so I am trying
to see if anyone here knows why this is happening, and a way to solve it.

AFAWK, they are still swamped down by all the re-verifications they have to do
due to the November 3-8 blackout.

Can't believe it's been that long! Well, this is quite an urgent matter,
not a small problem. Perhaps there is a different priority communication channel?
Would be surprised...

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Nov 28, 2023 11:42

Subject:

Help! I can't sell to EU after changing VATID

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We have been selling to the EU with OSS since they implemented it, however after
recently changing the VAT ID and organization, I also changed it on BL. It seems
like, even if in our settings the VAT ID is verified, and OSS is enabled, people
are not able to place orders from the EU.

We have already messaged helpdesk a few days ago, but no reply, so I am trying
to see if anyone here knows why this is happening, and a way to solve it.

Thank you!

Gerardo

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Nov 8, 2023 13:23

Subject:

Re: Bricklink is back!

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Off Topic

In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:

Party time!

Hello!!!!!!!!!!!

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Aug 16, 2023 11:12

Subject:

Re: Seller refusing my order

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In Help, CNH1974 writes:

I have been buying on BL since 2014 and selling since 2021.
My idea of selling was to help fund my buying. Which might have been getting
out of comtrol

I have placed an order today with a seller who I have used 5 times before and
they have refused my order simply because I also have a store. They are convinced
I will resell their pieces on BL at a higher price.
I do know sellers who buy low and sell high. This seems to labour intensive to
me.

But is this a thing, sellers vetting customers?
If a seller refuses an order simpley because the buyer happens to have a store
as well, that is going to rule out a good proportion of this community.

Thoughts anyone.....

German seller? Starts with a B?

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Oct 19, 2022 06:32

Subject:

Seller refusing to cancel order

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Problem Order

Good evening all, unfortunately, after placing 1200 orders in 425 different stores
in Bricklink, we have run into our worst experience, and to be honest, our first
bad experience.

Placed an order and requested for VAT free invoice. After this invoice was issued,
we placed a second order, three lots, requesting for it to be combined with the
first one. Since, if VAT was removed from one order, Bricklink unfortunately
does not combine orders, a new order was created. We requested for it to be combined
shipping with the first one.

The seller has since refused to combine the two orders, since 'we did not
choose the option for orders to be combined', and requests that we pay another
shipping fee for the second order. Keep in mind that both orders were not paid/picked/shipped.

We then requested for the second order to be cancelled. It is our understanding
that under EU law, we are able to cancel this orders (apart from our personal
thought that unless it was already shipped/picked, you should be able to cancel
an order anytime - it is just good practice). The seller is of course also refusing
to cancel the order, and started the NPB process.

Should we be able to cancel this order, am I right in thinking that we can do
so under EU law? We are both located in the EU and seller is a registered business.

It is a shame that someone can take something that would have been simple, and
a great business transaction (also being our third order in the store), and make
it this hard. It just makes no sense.

What are your opinions on this matter? Are we allowed to cancel the order?

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Nov 21, 2021 06:53

Subject:

Re: Buyer receiving “Technical Issue” message

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In Problem, AFOLliquidation writes:

Hi. I’m in the U.S. and have a buyer in Canada who sent this message:
“I go thru checkout and now get a "Technical Problem" in the right side panel
after clicking checkout and can only continue shopping. Help!”
I’ve checked on my end and can’t find a reason. Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks for your help. Lori

Also been getting, and keep getting technical problem errors when checking out...
I am sure that is also affecting my own store.

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Sep 3, 2020 05:17

Subject:

Re: Rounded bricks in "Slope Curved"? Really?

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Catalog

In Catalog, Teup writes:

Very surprised to find moving rounded bricks to the Slope,Curved category. How
many people really were in favour of that idea and how many were against? I thought
the general sentiment was that curved slopes are an entirely different thing
than parts with a quarter circle.
Putting rounded parts in Slope,Curved really makes no sense to me. I'd really
like to see some kind of vote on this as I cannot imagine this is intuitive to
the users.

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2487

This makes sense to me, as I remember when starting out, I would always search
for those bricks in the slope category, not brick, modified. It made sense to
me for them to be slopes, as they are basically that, slopes.

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Jun 3, 2020 09:52

Subject:

Re: We need protection from postal delay negs

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Suggestions

In Suggestions, WhiteHorseMatt writes:

In Suggestions, Adjour writes:

I've been getting more and more messages from buyers wanting to know where
on earth their parcels are.

I've already gotten a neutral over this and I'm sure more are to come.
I know that allowing removals of these negs is a slippery slope so I wont go
there.

I'm suggesting that until the covid crisis is over that BL puts an extra
disclaimer on the feedback area explaining that postal delays are not our fault.
It doesn't even need to be permanent. Just something official. They aren't
reading our terms disclaimers.

Open to any input on this.

I do agree with you.

I also feel to a certain degree that us sending out thousands of packages of
kids toy parts a day using a highly stressed postal system, is bringing problems
upon ourselves.

We still have to eat!

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Apr 12, 2020 07:54

Subject:

Re: Just an idea about Neutral Feedback!

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Suggestions

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

In Suggestions, brikomania writes:

I understand your reasoning but this is not a good idea IMO. As the other commenter
said, most buyers that don't leave feedback are happy, but can't be bothered
or don't even know how to do it!

I appreciate what you’re saying but I think your head is still seeing Neutral
as it is seen today which is a Minor Negative whereas if Neutral is deemed as
just that, 'A Neutral’ i.e No comment, can’t be bothered to comment, good
transaction, okay transaction or indifferent about the transaction then maybe
Neutral is a better reflection compared with someone making the effort to go
out of their way with specifically wanting to leave a positive comment?

In my opinion neutral doesn't mean just cant be bothered to comment. Good
transaction and ok transaction are positive, right?

Neutral means, not good, not bad. Not average, since average is good (or so I
hope!

). I think that the problem may be that you are looking at neutral
as average, and average in buyers feelings is not neutral... again, I HOPE. There
were some problems that may have been fixed in a way that you were OK, not as
happy as you should have been but still not angry.

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Apr 12, 2020 07:04

Subject:

Re: Just an idea about Neutral Feedback!

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Suggestions

In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:

The topic of Neutral feedback and how they are seen as minor negatives comes
up
quite a lot and although I’m sure this idea may not go down well with some....
I think one interesting concept could be to make it so that after 3 months any
feedback
that has not been left automatically turns into a Neutral which would probably
mean about 30% of any sellers feedback will no doubt be made up of Neutrals which
might then make leaving a manual Neutral seem less Negative and more acceptable
for a buyer to submit and for a seller to receive?

A seller could say why should I have to accept receiving Neutrals just because
a buyer couldn’t be bothered to leave feedback but firstly you have to remember
that the same situation will occur for everyone so that shouldn’t matter too
much especially if Neutral is more commonly expected however my theory is that
those customers that are particularly happy with their order be that because
it shipped quickly, well packaged, great parts, no fees, reasonable shipping
cost etc, etc.. are much more likely to WANT to let the seller know its arrived
and they are very happy with everything.
If a customer is left pondering because they are disgruntled about a couple of
things they may then be more inclined to leave Neutral or let it turn to a Neutral
automatically rather than leaving the usual somewhat less than deserved Positive
rating!

My other theory is that you may actually get more people choosing to leave feedback
in the first place because they may not want the seller to receive an automated
Neutral from them but on the other hand this option allows those buyers that
don’t want to leave feedback for a seller who delivered a less than perfect transaction
the option to allow it to just turn to a Neutral.

If you think about it every transaction would be destined to become a Neutral
feedback and only those that specifically choose to give Positive or Negative
will change that eventuality which would probably make more sense?

Therefore two sellers with 100 feedback instead of looking almost identical may
end up looking very different based on their overall performance:-

Seller A:- 70 Positive, 30 Neutral, 0 Negative
Seller B:- 55 Positive, 45 Neutral, 0 Negative

Or at least that’s the theory if you go by the law of averages when it comes
to those that don’t leave any feedback and then add to that all those who had
previously been holding back with giving sellers a Neutral rating!

I understand your reasoning but this is not a good idea IMO. As the other commenter
said, most buyers that don't leave feedback are happy, but can't be bothered
or don't even know how to do it!

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Mar 20, 2020 04:22

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 2000414-1

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Inventories Requests (Entry)

Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

2000414-1 Serious Play Starter Kit (Undetermined Version)
2010
Sets: Educational & Dacta: SERIOUS PLAY
Marked for Deletion

* Delete 1 Part 6168c01 White Support 2 x 2 x 11 Solid Pillar
* Add 1 Part 95347 Yellow Support 2 x 2 x 10 Girder Triangular Vertical - Type 4 - 3 Posts, 3 Sections

Comments from Submitter:
I just parted out 4 of these and they include the yellow pillar instead of the white one, even though in the official LEGO picture it shows with the white one. I am unsure whether to delete it or label it as a CP. The lego B&P page also shows the yellow pillar and not the white one.

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Feb 15, 2019 12:35

Subject:

Re: Un-Part Out...

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Inventories

In Inventories, Slumberjack writes:

So I've accidentally parted out 1 more of a kit than I have.

Is there some way of removing all the parts of a set from my inventory in one
go in a similar way to how you'd upload them when you Part Out a kit?

Or will I have to manually remove each item from my inventory item by item?

Please help!!! 😩

I believe you can part out "-1" quantity of an item and it will remove the quantities
from 1 part out. Same goes for -2,-3, etc.

Author:

brikomania

Posted:

Feb 12, 2019 13:06

Subject:

Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous?

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Catalog